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OK....when you are sharpening on a stone and you start thinking "my thumb feels tender", then you see a streak of blood on your stone, does that mean that you are getting better at holding a constant edge? Then, shortly after, you are thinking "my finger feels tender", and you see another streak of blood on your stone, does that mean you are still holding a constant angle or are you just an idiot?

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It is tempting to use your finger as a guide, but eventually you will learn to hold a constant angle without using your finger as a guide. It's obvious on coarse stones, but happens on fine stones too. Ask me how I know this, LOL.

Lol, the idea is to use your fingers to find the contact point with the stone and edge, once found, move them back a few mm. If by chance your fingers are right on the edge, and there is a blood streak, you did not keep the angle constant and the edge came off the stone.

Just keep some super glue on hand and cover your tips with glue and get back to sharpenig.

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Jeff B wrote:OK....when you are sharpening on a stone and you start thinking "my thumb feels tender", then you see a streak of blood on your stone, does that mean that you are getting better at holding a constant edge? Then, shortly after, you are thinking "my finger feels tender", and you see another streak of blood on your stone, does that mean you are still holding a constant angle or are you just an idiot?

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